REWIND

A roundup of news from the Business section during the past week

Dow tops 14,000 for first time since 2007

Employers added 157,000 jobs last month, and hiring turned out to be healthier than expected at the end of 2012 just as the economy faced the threat of the “fiscal cliff.” The unemployment rate, however, ticked up to 7.9 percent last month from 7.8 percent in December.

Still, optimism about U.S. job growth and manufacturing as well as strong auto sales pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to close above 14,000 on Friday for the first time in more than five years. It closed at 14,009.79 and is now just 155 points away from its record close.

Comic-Con badge race to start Feb. 16

The white-knuckled process for purchasing a badge to the always sold-out Comic-Con, an annual pop-culture extravaganza, will begin at 9 a.m. Feb. 16.

But Feb. 16 may not be the only opportunity to nab a one-day or four-day pass for the July 18-22 event. Last year, Comic-Con International held two additional online sales of returned badges, although there were only limited numbers of those. Tickets can only be bought online.

Trio buys Casa del Zorro for $2.4 million

La Casa del Zorro, a luxury Borrego Springs resort that’s been shuttered for the past three years, has sold for $2.4 million.

The new ownership, led by three San Diegans, closed escrow on the 42-acre resort and hopes to reopen it by May 1. It last changed hands in 2007 when then-owner Greg Pearlman bought it for $2.5 million and invested $7 million in renovations. Just 14 months later, the resort, which he had renamed Borrego Springs Ranch, closed.